[Stardust]

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It wasn’t long ago – only about 25 years, a drop in the bucket for a franchise that goes back 140 – that Pete Rose was sliding into third base head-first at Riverfront Stadium during his first game back as a Red on Aug. 17, 1984. Anybody who was there to see the return of Rose, who hadn’t played for the Reds since 1978, never will forget it.

But the Hit King had nothing to say about that on Tuesday when asked about it by a reporter who visited Rose’s autographing session in Cold Spring

Rose, who later on Tuesday attended the Reds’ game against the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park, remained fairly close-mouthed when asked about several current baseball topics.



What about Ron Santo as a possible Hall of Famer? Last December, Santo received 61 percent of the vote – 14 percent shy of the requirement for enshrinement – from the 65 surviving Hall of Famers who compose the veterans committee. He was the top vote-getter for the group, which hasn’t elected anybody in four biennial ballots since it was handed the vote eight years ago.


Rose just shook his head, as if to say he had no thoughts on that